Jesse Bartlett Heirs [Court Summons]
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Jesse Bartlett Heirs [Court Summons]Description
February 4, 1840 Republic of Texas, Washington County court summons for Samuel & Clementina Millet and John & Francis Belden. "The Republic of Texas County of Washington To the Sheriff of Harrisburg County, Greetings You are hereby commanded to summon Samuel Millett, Clementine Millett his wife, John Belden, and Francis Eucline Belden personally to be and appear before the Honorable the District Court to be held in & for the County of Washington, at the Court House thereof, in the town of Washington - on the second Monday of March next to answer the Petition of Nathan H. McFaddin (a copy of which petition accompanies this writ) against herein. Herein fail not, and have you then & there this writ, will you return how you have executed the same. Witness Thomas P Shapard, clerk of said Court, and his seal of Office - at Office. This the 5th day of February AD. 1840 & of the Independence of the Republic the 4th. Thomas P. Shapard clerk Signed by Thomas P. Shapard as clerk. Filed for the heirs of Jesse Bartlett by Nathan McFaddin. John Moore, first sheriff of Harris County is mentioned, filed in this courtContext
Jesse Bartlett, as a representative of the Jurisdiction of Austin, joined eleven others in a conciliatory message to the Mexican commandant at Bexar about hostility between the Mexican government and the citizens of Texas during the 1835 Anuhuac Disturbances. (His letter was published in John Jenkins' The Papers of the Texas Revolution.) Jesse died on February 1, 1838 in Washington County, Texas, at age forty-six. His estate included a plantation of about three thousand acres on the west bank of the Brazos River, where today U.S. Highway 290 crosses the river, which included the Warren townsite, appraised at $19,778, making him one of the wealthiest men in the county. This court summons, dated February 4, 1840 from Nathaniel McFaddin in Washington County is for two of Jesse's daughters (Clementina Bartlett Millet and Francis Emmaline Bartlett Belden. On the back is written "Received February 17th 1840 and that same day serving Samuel Millet Clementine Millet and John Beldwin [sic] and Francis Emaline Beldwin [sic] with a copy of this writ and petition by me J.W. Moore shff." John W. Moore was the first sheriff of Harris County and the same pen is used to strike out 'burg' from Harrisburg County, to reflect the 1839 name change to Harris County.Category
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